Tracking Veggies
Luisc82787
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should you track your veggies on myfitnesspal or no because they are so low in calories?
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Track everything. Veggies have calories. This is a calorie counting site. Therefore since veggies have calories I'd track them.0
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Yes, track them. And if you find issues losing, I'd invest in a digital food scale as well and take the usda entries in the database to log. If it has calories, log it! It might surprise you how things add up. Things like quinoa, avacado, potatoes, corn, etc are all good for you but add up quickly.0
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If it isn't water. Track it.
My dinner this evening includes 340 calories worth of vegetables. They might be low cal in comparison to some things but they still can add up to a lot more than you might realize.0 -
Yes. You may be surprised at how quickly the calories add up,0
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ABSOLUTLY! today i will have eaten 300 calories in what are considere low calorie veggies, that adds up!0
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I always track my veggies. Unlike w/Weight Watchers, MFP doesn't give free veggies & fruits.
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i to eat a lot of bell peppers and onions and i really don't know how to track them because i use all the different color ones.0
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The color won't affect the calories.0
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If you eat a lot of them, like you say you do, I'd track them. Not knowing how to add them doesn't make them calorie free. There are entries for each color pepper and type on onion in the database, weigh it, log it. Move on.0
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Track for micronutrient and fiber purposes. Not so much for other reasons.0
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I don't track onion (too hard when it is chopped and in a multi-serving recipe) but I track and log everything else. Mushrooms have more calories than you'd think!0
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Okay....you're missing the point of the post then. This isn't a debate about people getting their required protein...it was about whether or not one should track the calories from vegetables or not. Which they should. If they're tracking macros, they wouldn't be seeing the protein they're getting from it if they don't log it. So, tracking it would be beneficial for both.0 -
Phoenix_Down wrote: »
Okay....you're missing the point of the post then. This isn't a debate about people getting their required protein...it was about whether or not one should track the calories from vegetables or not. Which they should. If they're tracking macros, they wouldn't be seeing the protein they're getting from it if they don't log it. So, tracking it would be beneficial for both.
Calm down.
I jokingly replied that those calories are high in nutritious and satiating protein and you felt the need to be all super-corrective over something so minor.
Of course you should track everything...0 -
Phoenix_Down wrote: »
Okay....you're missing the point of the post then. This isn't a debate about people getting their required protein...it was about whether or not one should track the calories from vegetables or not. Which they should. If they're tracking macros, they wouldn't be seeing the protein they're getting from it if they don't log it. So, tracking it would be beneficial for both.
Calm down.
I jokingly replied that those calories are high in nutritious and satiating protein and you felt the need to be all super-corrective over something so minor.
Of course you should track everything...
Don't worry, I'm totally calm. I didn't get the tone of joking, as this is the Internet and MFP has yet to install a sarcasm font. What I did see was a possible miscommunication to the OP that because mushrooms had protein, they weren't necessary to log.
It's not so much being super corrective as putting context behind a statement. Which is very important if you're trying to convey a point.
Eta: and I apologize if you took offense to me trying to clarify.0 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
Onion can also have a lot of calories--i'm always surprised by how many calories an onion has! With that said, while I track all of my veggies, I'm a bit more lax with guestimating the leafy greens (which tend to have fewer calories by weight/volume than other veggies). By that I mean that when I'm home, I'll still weigh them, but I might take a bag of greens into work without pre-weighing a serving and just guestimate how much I have, knowing I might be off by 5-10 calories. I wouldn't advise doing that with other veggies (like peppers) because those calories can add up pretty fast.0 -
I track everything. And the trick with onions is to have a bowl on your scales and weigh it before you chop it!! Then it can go straight from chopping board to pan.
I have found that by tracking everything I have learnt where all the hidden calories are.
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If I use veggies to make a dish, let's say onions, carrots and celery in a bolognaise, I add all the calories of all ingredients (including veg) then save it as a meal, then add a fraction of it, say 0.25 as a serving to my tracker. Or if you are cooking for multiple people, only add 0.25 of an onion to your tracker and do it that way. (or obviously whatever share you would get if it was distributed evenly!)
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I eat around 250-300 calories in veg per day...plus fruit...not sure why you wouldn't want to account for that.0
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I weigh and track everything. It all adds up.0
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